Mattioli Woods: Profit slashed at wealth manager as it quit London November 19, 2024 Profit at wealth manager Mattioli Woods was slashed by more than 90 per cent as it prepared to delist from the London Stock Exchange’s AIM, it has been revealed. The Leicester-headquartered was acquired by London-based private equity firm Pollen Street Capital after the deal was first announced in March. In its latest accounts, which have been filed [...]
Ashtead: Profit down at equipment giant as revenue slows September 3, 2024 Equipment rental group Ashtead’s revenue grew just two per cent, and profit fell during the three-month period ending 31 July, as a construction slowdown across the US hit the company. The equipment hire giant, the FTSE 100’s 25th largest firm, reported revenue of $2.75bn (£2.1bn) for the period, up from $2.7bn (£2.06bn) in the prior [...]
Ashtead: Equipment firm looks to manage expectations ahead of results September 1, 2024 Expectations have been kept low for equipment hire specialist Ashtead Group as it reports its first quarterly results of the firm’s fiscal year on Tuesday. The FTSE 100-listed firm has seen its shares slump 12 per cent from the two-and-a-half-year highs it reached in the spring. It had been one of the big beneficiaries of [...]
Funerals giant Dignity cuts loss by almost £300m after quitting London Stock Exchange August 28, 2024 Funerals giant Dignity dramatically cut its pre-tax loss by almost £300m in the year it quit the London Stock Exchange, it has been revealed. The Sutton Coldfield-headquartered group, which delisted in May last year, has reported a pre-tax loss of £42.1m for 2023 having lost £327.9m in 2022. Newly-filed documents with Companies House also show [...]
Cambria Africa eyes AIM delisting as it plots liquidation of assets August 27, 2024 Cambria Africa, a holding company with investments in Zimbabwe, has announced plans to delist its shares from London’s AIM market. The company’s shares have been suspended from trading since March following its failure to release its financial results for the year ending August 2023 and for the six months ending February 2024. The long-awaited financial [...]
Hermes Pacific exits London Stock Exchange’s AIM market citing ‘undervalued’ shares August 8, 2024 Investment firm Hermes Pacific has become the latest company to exit the London Stock Exchange with bosses saying they believe its shares are undervalued. The firm, which listed on London’s junior AIM market in 2013, has seen its share prices drop month-on-month for the past year from 147 pence on September 30, 2023, to 52 [...]
Threadneedle accuses KKR of ‘ram raiding’ UK equities in fallout from IQGeo bid May 19, 2024 Threadneedle has accused KKR of "ram raiding" the London stock market, in the wake of the US private equity firm's takeover of IQGeo.
AIM delistings jump 62 per cent as London’s small cap market suffers April 22, 2024 The number of companies delisting from London's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) has soared past pandemic-era highs.